Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
- 1/2 onion, (chopped)
- 3 cloves garlic, (minced)
- 2 Tbs vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 32 oz jar spaghetti sauce
- 16 oz box elbow macaroni
- 1/2 cup butter
- 8 oz cream cheese, (room temperature)
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 1/4 cups cottage cheese
- 4 cups mozzarella cheese, (grated)
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350°
- In a large skillet over medium heat, add ground beef, onions, garlic, salt and pepper and cook until meat is no longer pink.
- Drain grease and return to pan.
- Pour spaghetti sauce over meat and stir until well combined.
- In a large pot, boil water.
- Cook pasta according to package directions until pasta is "al dente"
- Drain and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, stir cream cheese, sour cream and cottage cheese until well combined. Set aside.
- In a 9 x 13 baking dish, add 1/2 of the butter, sliced, to the bottom of the baking dish.
- Spoon half the pasta into the dish.
- Add the cream cheese mixture and smooth over the top of the pasta.
- Spoon remaining pasta over cream cheese mixture.
- Add the remaining butter to the top of the pasta.
- Cover pasta with meat mixture.
- Bake uncovered for 40 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cover with mozzarella cheese.
- Return to oven and cook uncovered for an additional 20 minutes or until pasta bake is bubbling and cheese has started to brown.
- Serve hot.
